Paper Maker: This is the end of the Ming Dynasty in Liaozhai

Chapter 72

"Brother Six, the Daoist asked us to keep an eye on the man who is telling the fortune."

Coming to He Liu's side, Su Hao said in a low voice.

"understood."

He Liu nodded with a serious expression.

"Hopefully, it will pay off this time."

After Su Hao sighed, he walked back to his booth. Although Daoist Zhenxuan set up a stall here at the ferry, there are no less than two or three hundred merchants who come to the stall every day to ask him for fortune-telling, but compared to the thousands of merchants on the entire Yellow River It's just a drop in the ocean, and those who kidnap merchants don't take action often, and it's all a matter of luck if they want to catch up with them.

Su Hao was still thinking. At this moment, there was another sound of knocking on the table. He turned his head and saw that it was the signal from Taoist Master Zhenxuan.

Seeing this, Su Hao's expression turned serious, and the two of them continued. It seemed that this time they might have gained something, so they got up and walked towards He Liu.

"what happened?"

Seeing Su Hao approaching again, He Liu stepped forward and said in a low voice.

"Another one, this time it may be rewarding."

Su Hao said in a low voice, although people often die on the Yellow River, it's not yet the real troubled times, and the imperial court's deterrence is still very strong. Even water bandits are mostly just robbing money and rarely killing people. This kind of continuous encounter The situation of two people with the appearance of violent death is still very rare.

In the past three months, I have only encountered three merchants who appeared to be dying. Twice were water bandits, and once was a water ghost looking for a substitute. The first two were rescued by them, and the latter one, when they arrived, The other party has long been dragged down the river by the water ghost.

"I'll let Shizhong and Gan Yang keep an eye on them."

He Liu's eyes lit up when he heard Su Hao's words. They have been impatient here for three months.

...

On the other side, Xiang Shuncai and Tian Wen, who had been dismissed by Taoist Master Zhenxuan, walked towards the ferry with somewhat dejected expressions.

"This fortune teller is not as good as you say!"

Tian Wen curled his lips: "There are so many people, there is not even one who has a fortune."

Hearing Tian Wen's words, Xiang Shun couldn't help but wryly smiled and said, "Brother Tian, ​​everyone has such a fortune. If everyone had it, such a fortune would be worthless."

"Let's go, get on the boat quickly, don't make the others wait."

Tian Wen shook his head and said, he also knows that this kind of windfall is not for everyone, and spending a few copper coins on fortune-telling is just to satisfy his own fantasy.

But the two of them didn't know that He Liusan and others were following them not far behind them.

"The two of them seem to be leaving the ferry, Shizhong, you go and prepare the boat first, Ayang, you go and invite Taoist Master Zhenxuan and Brother Su."

Seeing Xiang Shuncai and Tian Wen walking towards the ferry, He Liu said in a deep voice.

"it is good."

After Jiang Shizhong and Gan Yang agreed, they dispersed separately.

When Su Hao and the others arrived at the ferry, He Liu and Jiang Shizhong were already waiting at the ferry, while Xiang Shuncai and Tian Wen had disappeared.

"The two of them just went down the river in a boat, let's catch up."

Seeing Su Hao and the others coming, He Liu hurriedly said.

Hearing He Liu's words, they boarded the ship without hesitation. This time was the best chance to catch the murderer. If they missed this opportunity, they don't know how long they will have to wait next time.

Fortunately, Xiang Shuncai's and Tian Wen's boats had just left, and they were carrying a lot of goods and merchants. Just a moment later, Su Hao's and others' boats were far behind.

"It's not okay to follow like this."

Looking at the merchant ship where Xiang Shuncai and Tian Wen were, the two boatmen were staring at them closely, He Liu frowned.

Their boat is a small fishing boat, which is most often used by water bandits to keep watch. If they stare so closely, the other party must mistakenly think they are water bandits. If they continue to follow, the other party may directly dock at the next ferry. , In this case, their plan will be in vain.

"Let's cross over first, I will find a chance to put the paper dolls on their boat."

After pondering for a while, Su Hao said: "Based on the connection between me and the paper figurine, as long as the distance is not too far, I will sense it."

He Liuda was overjoyed: "Then trouble Brother Su."

Hearing this, Su Hao just smiled, took out a small paper figurine from his sleeve, and then activated his internal force to force out a few drops of blood from his fingertips, completely staining the paper figurine red.

Seeing this scene, Taoist Master Zhenxuan couldn't help frowning, a trace of dissatisfaction emerged in his heart.

This technique of paper man and paper horse was originally a Taoist spell, but it was spread to the people for various reasons, but ordinary people in the folk did not have the Taoist practice method, so those ordinary people modified this Taoist spell beyond recognition and became Heresy tricks.

But dissatisfaction is dissatisfaction, and he didn't say much. This spell is not from Ge Zaoshan, and it has been passed down to the people for hundreds of years. It is not his turn to point fingers. It's just that Su Hao used a Taoist spell to an evil spirit.

When Taoist Master Zhenxuan frowned, Su Hao also saw it, but he didn't care too much about it. It's not a day or two since Taoist people are dissatisfied with these heretics.

Heresy and Taoism have a long history of grievances. In the Han Dynasty, Taoism was just an idea, and a sect had not yet been fully formed. All schools of Taoism were free and loose. After the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the concept of the integration of the three religions began to appear. The school of religion was gradually eliminated, and some of the legacy passed on to the people, becoming one of the origins of heresy.

Later, the inheritance of witches, Gu, shamans and other ethnic minorities was introduced into the Central Plains, so all the inheritances other than Buddhism and Taoism came together to form eight hundred sects.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, Taoism was extremely prosperous and had a great influence on society. Some heretics came here in the name of Taoism to tarnish the reputation of Taoism.

Later, after repeated wars, some Taoist spells began to be scattered among the people, and were changed beyond recognition. This even stabbed the lifeblood of Taoism, and the contradiction between the two sides became even bigger.

So after hundreds of years, all the heretics began to be disliked by the Taoists, but the Taoists were dissatisfied, and they had no way to kill all the heretics. After all, the world belongs to the imperial court, and the Taoists also You have to abide by the law, it is impossible to kill innocent people indiscriminately, and you can only be so angry that you will denounce all heretical practitioners as warlocks.

What is a warlock?

In the eyes of Taoists, those who are ignorant and incompetent are warlocks.

...

When the small fishing boat passed the merchant ship, Su Hao took advantage of the fact that the other party was in the blind spot, and with a light finger, the little paper figurine flew into the cabin of the merchant ship with the wind.

"Brother Six, it's alright."

After sensing that the paper figurine drifted into a remote corner, Su Hao whispered: "As long as it is within five miles, I can sense the position of this ship."

　() Three requirements for quality, seeking collection, recommendation, and pursuit
　　


(End of this chapter)